Trump says White House candidates should
take mental competency tests: Ex-president,
76, says job requires 'great mental acuity
and physical stamina' after Nikki Haley
called for politicians over 75 to take exam
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Geoff Earle
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/21/2023 11:36:10 AM
Former President Donald Trump wants to require a 'stamina' assessment for would-be presidents – raising the stakes on Nikki Haley's call for a mental competency test.
Trump, 76, whose White House physician said in 2018 that he would benefit from a low carb diet and 'a routine exercise regiment,' said the physical component should be in addition to the mental test.
Trump famously bragged about acing his own mental acuity test while he was in office. It was later revealed the assessment asked respondents such basic questions as distinguishing an elephant from a camel.
'ANYBODY running for the Office of President of the United States should agree
Reply 1 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/21/2023 11:43:52 AM (No. 1408545)
Senator Fetterman is 53 years old. Maybe they should drop the age requirement.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Michaelus 2/21/2023 11:47:59 AM (No. 1408552)
Better to have to pass a literacy and mental competency tests to vote. That would solve so many of our problems.
20 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 2/21/2023 11:50:02 AM (No. 1408557)
Doubt Biden or Fetterman could pass a Kindergarten test. Yet millions of people voted for them anyway.
Prove to me representative government works. If it really did, Biden and Fetterman would be nowhere.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 2/21/2023 11:55:43 AM (No. 1408562)
Would eliminate from consideration most members of a Maine and Texas based family political dynasty that has trouble functioning without medication and trouble coordinating the use of verbs and nouns in sentences.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
67cj5 2/21/2023 12:00:41 PM (No. 1408566)
Why have them take any test at all? The doctors, government and media will just lie about the results. We were told that Biden is fit to lead, Fetterman is ready for his role, and Trump is in the early stages of demencia, insane, mentally unfit for his role. They lie about everything. Everything!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/21/2023 12:02:02 PM (No. 1408568)
Trump is right again! As what is the danger to competent candidates taking such mental competency tests?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 2/21/2023 12:06:56 PM (No. 1408574)
They don't need a real birth certificate. Why should they be mentally competent?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Birddog 2/21/2023 12:35:08 PM (No. 1408600)
The Montreal Cog test only takes about 15 minutes, the Mini-Cog only about 3 minutes.
"Trump famously bragged about acing his own mental acuity test while he was in office. It was later revealed the assessment asked respondents such basic questions as distinguishing an elephant from a camel." It does not ask you to differentiate between them, it briefly shows you a picture of a group of objects or animals, then turning over the sheet, asks you what objects or animals were in the group. In some forms it asks you the same question later in the interview, after some time has passed...to see about memory retention. I did several hundred in home wellness tests on Medicare recipients, mostly in rural areas, height, weight, list of medications taken, diagnoses receiving treatment, past and current, activity levels, food security, alcohol/tobacco use, sight, hearing, reflex, balance, walking/sitting tests, several hundred questions on an Ipad,...part of it was doing a mini cog, I was amazed that of the hundreds only about three could draw a clock face, then add the correct hands to mark a correct indication of time. Few could remember a list of words or objects from 5 minutes prior.
The program was an Obamacare funded nationwide thing....I found the Insurance company paying me to do it was using it to weed clients out of their coverage. I quit, read later that they had dropped nearly 30% of seniors in this region from their existing plans, shunted them to other companies and Obamacare.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
EQKimball 2/21/2023 12:50:15 PM (No. 1408619)
Const. Art. III provides the sole requirements for holding the office if President. The Supreme Court and lower courts have repeatedly struck down legislative attempts to add to it.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
EQKimball 2/21/2023 12:51:28 PM (No. 1408622)
Forgive typo. Const. Art II.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/21/2023 12:58:52 PM (No. 1408634)
The fact is that if Joe Biden was given a mental acuity test the Doctor who gave it to him would declare him to be about 10 points below Einstein.
Just like the clown who gave him a physical and said he was a vibrant and physically able bodied 80 year old.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 2/21/2023 1:42:22 PM (No. 1408680)
Trump would pass easily. Joe, Fetterman, Feinstein and many other Dems.....not a chance.
4 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
msjena 2/21/2023 2:53:23 PM (No. 1408705)
Checkmate!
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